Data for 2023

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2023

Name: Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2023
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2023, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2023 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.956; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.021. The middle country reads 0.776. Against 2022, 169 values changed (89 up, 80 down), the same countries are covered.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index · Data for 2023

HighestDenmark

0.956

LowestAfghanistan

0.021

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

176countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
154distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2023, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2023: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.956
2	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.953
3	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.951
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.950
5	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.946
6	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.945
=7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.942
=7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.942
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.941
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.939
11	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.935
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.930
=13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.928
=13	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.928
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.927
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.925
17	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.923
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.922
19	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.920
20	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.916
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.915
=22	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.914
=22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.914
=24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.910
=24	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.910
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.906
27	Chile`CHL`South America	0.905
=28	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.903
=28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.903
30	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.901
31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.900
32	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.899
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.898
34	United States`USA`Northern America	0.897
=35	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.896
=35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.896
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.895
38	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.894
39	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.889
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.888
=41	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.886
=41	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.886
43	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.885
44	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.881
45	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.878
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.875
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.874
48	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.867
=49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.866
=49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.866
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.861
52	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.856
53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.851
54	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.850
55	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.847
56	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.845
57	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.841
58	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.840
59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.837
60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.835
61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.832
62	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.831
=63	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.830
=63	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.830
65	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.827
66	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.824
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.815
68	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.814
69	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.812
=70	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.809
=70	Peru`PER`South America	0.809
=72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.807
=72	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.807
=74	Colombia`COL`South America	0.805
=74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.805
=76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.797
=76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.797
=78	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.796
=78	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.796
=78	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.796
81	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.790
82	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.789
83	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.784
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.783
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.781
86	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.780
87	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.777
88	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.776
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.775
90	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.767
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.765
=92	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.760
=92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.760
94	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.757
95	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.755
96	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.748
97	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.744
98	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.740
99	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.739
100	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.735
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.731
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.724
103	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.723
104	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.721
105	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.720
106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.709
=107	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.704
=107	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.704
=107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.704
=110	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.700
=110	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.700
112	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.699
113	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.695
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.694
115	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.691
116	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.688
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.686
118	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.685
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.680
120	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.679
121	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.678
122	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.675
123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.666
124	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.662
125	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.651
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.647
127	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.646
128	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.645
129	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.637
130	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.620
131	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.614
132	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.609
=133	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.595
=133	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.595
135	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.590
136	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.589
137	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.588
138	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.581
=139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.580
=139	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.580
141	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.572
142	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.568
143	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.567
144	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.566
=145	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.563
=145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.563
147	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.550
148	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.547
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.535
150	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.532
151	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.530
152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.516
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.492
154	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.484
155	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.477
156	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.472
157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.466
158	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.453
159	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.429
160	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.426
161	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.416
162	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.392
163	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.391
164	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.376
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.373
166	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.359
167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.336
168	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.333
169	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.311
170	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.294
171	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.291
172	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.276
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.217
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.186
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.175
176	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.021

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.956
2Germany0.953
3Spain0.951
4Belgium0.950
5Latvia0.946

Lowest

176Afghanistan0.021
175Yemen0.175
174Eritrea0.186
173Sudan0.217
172Qatar0.276

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.776. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
169values changed, of 176 in both
89 · 80rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Guinea0.409 → 0.550+0.141
Burkina Faso0.541 → 0.679+0.138
Brazil0.765 → 0.830+0.065
Benin0.826 → 0.881+0.055
South Sudan0.422 → 0.466+0.044

Fell most

Rwanda0.742 → 0.620−0.122
Tunisia0.792 → 0.686−0.106
Niger0.785 → 0.688−0.097
Zimbabwe0.788 → 0.694−0.094
Russia0.662 → 0.572−0.090

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2023.
154 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.796. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2023). Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/womens-political-empowerment/2023

0636 held

Other years

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Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2022
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Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2024
176 countries
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Women's Political Empowerment Index: every year
36 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions